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Just bought 2 tickets for me and the boy. £10 for the pair. Bargain.

Good man :-)

Nowt wrong with being a Thatcherite... ;-)

Wow. Great feedback from the German journalist. Interesting that he thought it was a decent size crowd.

I guess that would depend on how old the "old tv" was. What do you mean by "replacement upgrade"? Did the original "old tv" break down too and if so, after what timeframe? Maybe spell out the chronology of events on here (from "date of original TV purchase" to "today") and take it from there.

Totally agree. I left school after 6th form and a certain bank paid for my subsequent training in the IT industry. An apprenticeship in all but name. I think 'industry' (private or otherwise) should pay to 'further educate' the resources (aka people) they need to sustain their industries. Neither the tax payer nor student should be paying (directly) for "further education" IMHO.

Cheers for backing up The9's story. I will count the flood of apologies as they stream in...

Poortvliet for me

I did say 'may' :-)

I thought Mandleson was talking a fair amount of sense on Newsnight last night. Was admitting that Labour didn't do nearly enough to turn-around the manufacturing sector during their 13 years in power (indeed, manufacturing output fell at a greater rate under Blair/Brown than it did under that evil witch Thatcher). But he had some good ideas on what should happen to turn it around going forward. Not too dissimilar to the ConDem's apprenticeship proposals it has to be said.

;-)

You may well be right.

Looking at the smaller print of the quarterly growth figures...."hotels and restaurants" grew by 2.2% but "quarrying and mining" fell by 6%. I would venture we can thank the Royals Wedding for the growth in the hospitality and leisure sectors but feel it may be a tad unfair to lay the drop in mining activity at their feet

Politicians (of both colours) blaming 'external factors' when things aren't going well with the economy yet taking credit when it's going great guns. Quelle surprise...

Depends what they're measuring here? Perhaps the brief spurt in wedding trade was offset by the momentum lost in the wider workplace due to the extended holiday? A snapshot like this proves nothing about the country's longer term royal related expenditure vs royal related income. Good for a throwaway headline or two though, granted...

How old is the TV? Consumer law isn't governed by warranty durations per se (which is why you see 'this does not affect your statutory rights' on warrantees and guarantees etc) An item sold has to last a "reasonable" length of time. If, say, it was only 2 years old you can easily argue that isn't a "reasonable" length of time for the speakers to survive. You may even find it can be traced back to a design fault at time of purchase.

Was that on the JustMike Drivetime Show?

I thought euphemisms were banned on here?

Perhaps this is why the supposed Jamal signing has stalled?

He's the Latvian John Terry.

Who?

Ffs

Is #JustMike trending yet?

It's kerfuffle , carfuffle or kurfuffle. I can't give you 'cerfuffle' I'm afraid. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kerfuffle Matthew Le God will concur.

Anyone got a live stream for the press conference?